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A History of the County of Sussex
… many ways by the growth of Crawley new town to the north-east. The period from 1850 onwards saw a very large influx of … the area, attracted by good rail communication with London, fine scenery in which many houses enjoyed wide views … Harben of Warnham, president of the Prudential Assurance Co., and Hilaire Belloc of King's Land in Shipley. Some …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to Welford, and bounded by the river Nene on the east, comprises by computation 1125 acres of rich land in … Forest, comprises about 3270 acres, and is situated on the London and Portsmouth road. The soil is a sandy loam, and the … creek, which has at spring tides from 9 to 11 feet of water, and crosses the salt-marshes to the ocean through …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 956 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the south and east by the British Channel, and comprises 2987 acres, of … of Wadham College, Oxford, was buried here. Bransdale, East Side BRANSDALE, EAST SIDE, a hamlet, in the parish of … Hertford, 10 miles (N. E.) from Hertford, and 28 (N.) from London; containing, with part of the hamlet of Puckeridge, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in the later 18th century; one called Middle field to the east on the other side of Clays Lane; and the third called … to Crosse & Blackwell, preserved food manufacturers of London, who remained there until 1924, having adopted … lake, which was landscaped and opened to the public as a water park by the district council in 1989. 18 A tile factory …
A History of the County of Stafford
… place of residence. 12 A vicarage house was built east of the church in 1871. It was replaced in 1985 by a new … a single-celled building with a west bell-turret. A north-east vestry and organ chamber and a northwest porch were … glass from St. James's church, Derby, was placed in the east window in 1993. 4 There was a small burial ground beside …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Lane north of the village and along Burton Road to the east. Elsewhere the land is mainly farmland, with the former … parish covering 2,482 a. (1,004.5 ha.). 1 On the south-east the boundary runs down the middle of the Trent, and the … Henhurst Ridge in the 1960s. Services As in Burton, mains water was supplied by the South Staffordshire Waterworks …
A History of the County of Stafford
… called the Lawns, which lay on lower ground on the east side of the park; in the later 1630s horses belonging to … lodge' in 1537, together with the park, to William Butt of London for 50 years. Butt sold the lease in 1545 to Burton … sides of the house. Those arms were no longer filled with water after the 16th century, but complementary east and …
A Dictionary of London
… by the Great Eastern Railway Hotel. Braziers' Buildings East out of Farringdon Street, between Bear Alley and … 1799. Rebuilt in the 19th century. Brazil's Rents In East Smithfield (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in … recordes, that in the yeare 1302, 30 Ed. I., the bakers of London were bounden to sell no bread in their shops or …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ramsgate, 4 (S. E. by S.) from Margate, and 75 (E.) from London; containing 1459 persons. This place, anciently called … The Worcester and Bromyard road crosses the parish from east to west. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's … supposed to have derived its name from a broad expanse of water which formerly flowed from the sea to the south-east …